Word: uhse
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This is not to suggest that Harvard students have foregone abortions in the past because they could not find the $150 the UHS will now supply. Women at Harvard have generally managed to find funds for abortions if they did not want a child. But financial questions have often assumed...
The UHS has wisely decided to allow students who oppose abortion on moral grounds to withdraw the small portion of their health services fee--less than $1.00--that will go toward UHS abortion coverage. Such a provision is only fair, given the opposition, due to religious or ethical conviction, of...
The UHS went out of its way to cover all possible objections. Before it asked the Corporation to allow abortion coverage, it changed the University's health insurance policy to include maternity benefits, so that women who want to carry a baby may ask the University for help.
The Rev. Thomas F. Powers, chaplain for the Harvard Catholic Students Center, said yesterday he believes the new policy respects the right of students who disagree with the program to withdraw from it entirely. Powers acknowledged that many consider abortion coverage important--a sign, perhaps, that those who oppose non...
And those who consider abortion within the realm of individual choice believe the UHS decision to change its policy valuable. Ann G. Bisbee, assistant to the director of UHS for abortion referral, said this week that the policy change will allow students considering abortions to focus on emotional questions rather...